Avionics Services, a Brazilian company partly owned by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is in initial talks with the Brazilian Armed Forces to sell its Caçador (Hunter) Class-4 multipurpose medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), company officials told Jane's .
Brazil's Avionics Services in talks towards first Caçador UAV order
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Abe unveils plan for Japan's constitution to be revised by 2020
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has unveiled plans to revise his country's post-war pacifist constitution by the year 2020 when Tokyo is set to host the Olympic Games.
"I strongly desire that 2020 will be the year when a new constitution goes into force," said Abe on 3 May in a video
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Pyongyang issues rare warning to Beijing over Chinese media criticism of North Korea's nuclear programme
North Korea has issued a rare warning to China over criticism carried by Chinese state-owned media of Pyongyang's development and testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in violation of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
A commentary published by the state-run Korean Central News
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Baltic states grow wary of Russian intentions with 'Zapad' manoeuvres
The director general of Russia's authoritative International Affairs Council, Andrei Kortunov, has intimated that Moscow "must" share information with NATO about its forthcoming exercises - particularly the massive Zapad-2017 drills in September - but that this information could only be
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Russian MoD dismisses Syrian sarin munition identification
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has dismissed the implication that the Syrian air force used a Russian-made KhAB-250 sarin bomb in the sarin attack that killed and injured hundreds of people in Khan Shaykhun on 4 April.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on 1 May stating that munition
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Russia, Philippines to conclude framework agreement on defence co-operation
In a bid to enhance bilateral defence ties the Philippines has said that it is ready to conclude a framework agreement with Russia on defence and security co-operation when Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte visits Moscow in June.
"The Philippines looks forward to enhanced security and
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Ugandan forces withdrawing from CAR
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has begun to withdraw its troops deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of the African Union Regional Task Force (RTF) established to hunt down Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
The UPDF announced that the first group of
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Bahamas' HMBS Nassau corvette returns after refitting
HMBS Nassau (P 602) has returned to the Bahamas after being refitted by Damen Shipyards Group, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) announced on 3 May. Nassau arrived at the Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam in Holland in August 2016 and received a "comprehensive overhaul that comprises
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US Future Frigate decision pushed back to 2020
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USN will delay a contract award for the Future Frigate for at least a year
Delayed decisions may also postpone the downselect of LCS production to a single shipbuilder
The US Navy (USN) will push back its decision to award a contract for the Future Frigate successor to the Littoral
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Pentagon budget 2017: DoD gets USD598.5 billion in 'omnibus' deal
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Lawmakers agree to give the Pentagon USD598.5 in discretionary funding
The budget uses the unlimited Overseas Contingency Operations account to exceed FY 2017's mandated caps
The US Congress reached an agreement on a fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget that totals USD598.5 billion for US
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NPO Saturn launches powerplant production for Russian Navy
Russian president Vladimir Putin launched the production of naval gas-turbine engines in Russia during his visit to the NPO Saturn company (a subsidiary of Rostec's United Engine Corporation: UEC) on 25 April.
Trials of the M35R-1 gas-turbine propulsion system with the M70FRU-2 engine have now
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India successfully test-fires Block III version of BrahMos cruise missile
The Indian Army's South Western Command successfully test-fired an advanced version of the BrahMos Block III land-attack cruise missile in early May, according to a statement by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB).
The test launches of the supersonic missile were carried out on 2 and 3 May in
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China reiterates opposition to US involvement in South China Sea dispute
China has reiterated its opposition to US involvement in the disputes over parts of the South China Sea (SCS).
"The issue of the South China Sea is between China and some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN], rather than between China and the entire ASEAN or between
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Boeing KC-46 tanker test aircraft takes second flight
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Boeing's latest KC-46 tanker type test aircraft flies again
The programme is inching closer to delivering aircraft
Boeing's newest KC-46 aerial refuelling tanker made its second flight on 2 May after making its first on 29 April, according to a company spokesman.
Boeing spokesman
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Austal, Fassmer set up Australian joint venture
Western Australian-based naval shipbuilder Austal has established a joint venture (JV) with German shipyard Fassmer to support a joint bid to build and supply offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Austal said on 5 May that the JV will be based at a new facility in
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US, South Korean forces practise countering North Korean maritime special forces
US Army aviation units are working with South Korean forces on how to best counter threats posed by North Korean maritime special operations forces (SOFs) and weapons of mass destruction (WMD), according to a report by the US Army News Service on 3 May.
"In South Korea, the United States
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US Senate confirms new F-35 boss
The US Senate on 1 May confirmed Rear Admiral Mathias Winter as the government's next manager for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter programme.
Rear Admiral Winter was approved via voice vote to become programme executive officer (PEO), replacing Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan, who
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US cautious over Syrian safe zone plan
The US State Department said it has "reason to be cautious" about a plan to establish safe zones in Syria that was agreed by Russia, Turkey, and Iran during talks in Astana on 4 May.
The United States was represented at the talks by an acting assistant secretary of state, but did not
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Pentagon budget 2017: Lawmakers propose USD20 million cut to B-21 bomber programme
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US military spending bill clears final hurdle
One of the Pentagon's most important programmes takes cut
The fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) spending bill approved 4 May by the US Senate provides USD20 million less for the US Air Force's (USAF) new B-21 Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B)
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Netherlands signs for two more Chinooks
Boeing has been awarded a contract modification to provide the Netherlands with a further two CH-47F Chinook helicopters, in addition to the 12 contracted in 2016.
The modification was announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 28 April, and should see all 14 helicopters delivered to the
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